Isaiah 3:9

3:9 The look on their faces ¹  testifies to their guilt; ² 

like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. ³ 

Too bad for them! ⁴ 

For they bring disaster on themselves.

Isaiah 7:2

7:2 It was reported to the family ⁵  of David, “Syria has allied with ⁶  Ephraim.” They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind. ⁷ 

Isaiah 19:12

19:12 But where, oh where, are your wise men? ⁸ 

Let them tell you, let them find out

what the Lord who commands armies has planned for Egypt.

Isaiah 21:2

21:2 I have received a distressing message: ⁹ 

“The deceiver deceives,

the destroyer destroys.

Attack, you Elamites!

Lay siege, you Medes!

I will put an end to all the groaning!” ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 41:23

41:23 Predict how future events will turn out, ¹¹ 

so we might know you are gods.

Yes, do something good or bad,

so we might be frightened and in awe. ¹² 

Isaiah 43:9

43:9 All nations gather together,

the peoples assemble.

Who among them announced this?

Who predicted earlier events for us? ¹³ 

Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right;

let them listen and affirm, ‘It is true.’

Isaiah 43:12

43:12 I decreed and delivered and proclaimed,

and there was no other god among you.

You are my witnesses,” says the Lord, “that I am God.

Isaiah 44:8

44:8 Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! ¹⁴ 

Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it?

You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me?

There is no other sheltering rock; ¹⁵  I know of none.

Isaiah 45:19

45:19 I have not spoken in secret,

in some hidden place. ¹⁶ 

I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,

‘Seek me in vain!’ ¹⁷ 

I am the Lord,

the one who speaks honestly,

who makes reliable announcements. ¹⁸ 

Isaiah 46:10

46:10 who announces the end from the beginning

and reveals beforehand ¹⁹  what has not yet occurred,

who says, ‘My plan will be realized,

I will accomplish what I desire,’

Isaiah 48:5

48:5 I announced them to you beforehand;

before they happened, I predicted them for you,

so you could never say,

‘My image did these things,

my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’

Isaiah 48:14

48:14 All of you, gather together and listen!

Who among them ²⁰  announced these things?

The Lord’s ally ²¹  will carry out his desire against Babylon;

he will exert his power against the Babylonians. ²² 

Isaiah 48:20

48:20 Leave Babylon!

Flee from the Babylonians!

Announce it with a shout of joy!

Make this known!

Proclaim it throughout the earth! ²³ 

Say, ‘The Lord protects ²⁴  his servant Jacob.

Isaiah 58:1

The Lord Desires Genuine Devotion

58:1 “Shout loudly! Don’t be quiet!

Yell as loud as a trumpet!

Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; ²⁵ 

confront Jacob’s family with their sin! ²⁶ 

[3:9]  ¹ sn This refers to their proud, arrogant demeanor.

[3:9]  ² tn Heb “answers against them”; NRSV “bears witness against them.”

[3:9]  ³ tn Heb “their sin, like Sodom, they declare, they do not conceal [it].”

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “woe to their soul.”

[7:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.” In this context the “house of David” includes King Ahaz, his family, and the royal court. See also Jer 21:12; Zech 12:7-8, 10, 12, for a similar use of the phrase.

[7:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “rests upon.” Most understand the verb as נוּחַ (nuakh, “rest”), but HALOT 685 s.v. II נחה proposes that this is a hapax legomenon which means “stand by.”

[7:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and his heart shook and the heart of his people shook, like the shaking of the trees of the forest before the wind.” The singular pronoun “his” is collective, referring to the Davidic house/family. לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) here refers to the seat of the emotions.

[19:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “Where are they? Where are your wise men?” The juxtaposition of the interrogative pronouns is emphatic. See HALOT 38 s.v. אֶי.

[21:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “a severe revelation has been related to me.”

[21:2]  ¹⁴ sn This is often interpreted to mean “all the groaning” that Babylon has caused others.

[41:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Declare the coming things, with respect to the end.”

[41:23]  ¹⁸ tc The translation assumes the Qere (וְנִרְאֶה [vÿnir’eh], from יָרֵא [yare’], “be afraid”).

[43:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “and the former things was causing us to hear?”

[44:8]  ²⁵ tn BDB 923 s.v. רָהָה derives this verb from an otherwise unattested root, while HALOT 403 s.v. יָרָה defines it as “be stupefied” on the basis of an Arabic cognate. The form is likely a corruption of תיראו, the reading attested in the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a.

[44:8]  ²⁶ tn Heb “rock” or “rocky cliff,” a title that depicts God as a protective refuge in his role as sovereign king; thus the translation “sheltering rock.”

[45:19]  ²⁹ tn Heb “in a place of a land of darkness” (ASV similar); NASB “in some dark land.”

[45:19]  ³⁰ tn “In vain” translates תֹהוּ (tohu), used here as an adverbial accusative: “for nothing.”

[45:19]  ³¹ tn The translation above assumes that צֶדֶק (tsedeq) and מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim) are adverbial accusatives (see 33:15). If they are taken as direct objects, indicating the content of what is spoken, one might translate, “who proclaims deliverance, who announces justice.”

[46:10]  ³³ tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”

[48:14]  ³⁷ sn This probably refers to the idol gods (see v. 5).

[48:14]  ³⁸ tn Or “friend,” or “covenant partner.”

[48:14]  ³⁹ tn Heb “and his arm [against] the Babylonians.”

[48:20]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[48:20]  ⁴² tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[58:1]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “declare to my people their rebellion.”

[58:1]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “and to the house of Jacob their sin.” The verb “declare” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).